A race to lower standards? Labor standards and location choice of outward FDI from the BRIC countries
dc.contributor.author | Duanmu, J-L | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-10T15:23:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-11-14 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scholars argue that multinational corporations tend to locate their investment in countries with lower labor standards, but empirical results are highly inconsistent. In this paper, we investigate the effect of differential labor standards on the location choice of outward greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) from Brazil, Russia, India and China (i.e., the BRIC countries). We find robust evidence that while there is a tendency towards the attraction of FDI by lower labor standards in developed countries, such a “race” is absent in FDI directed to developing countries. Location choice is highly path dependent upon previous trading relations between the home and the host country, which hampers the MNCs’ ability to arbitrage. Conversely, capital mobility at the industry level is found to intensify the race to lower standards. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 23, No.3, pp. 620 - 634 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2013.10.004 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/40360 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2013. This version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Labor standards | en_GB |
dc.subject | BRIC countries | en_GB |
dc.subject | Greenfield foreign direct investment | en_GB |
dc.title | A race to lower standards? Labor standards and location choice of outward FDI from the BRIC countries | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-10T15:23:41Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0969-5931 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | International Business Review | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2013-10-08 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2013-10-08 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-01-10T15:20:58Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-01-10T15:23:48Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
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